For over a year I’ve had the privilege of being your County Clerk. We are a small staff with one full time employee and two part-time employees who work less than 20 hours a week. I am a working clerk who not only performs the duties of the county clerk, but can perform any job that needs to be done. We have a great working relationship with all of the county’s representatives in Charleston and we are currently in the process of completing and submitting the county budget to the State Auditor’s office. When the County Commission appointed me to fulfill Mike Ritchie’s term, they wanted someone who could “hit the ground running”.
Some of the things we have accomplished in my first year in office are:
►Established a Stabilization Fund (rainy day)
►Saved the county $3,100 by completing our own Financial Statement
►Saved the County over $4,000 by bidding out Workers Compensation
►Direct Deposit for Employees
►Saved the county approximately $20,000 in personnel costs
►Fax lines installed for elected officials’ offices
►Installed postage meter for use by all offices for efficiency and cost reduction
►Additional computer for customers to look up records
►Installed additional computer for checking out customers for faster service
►Managed the completion of the new courthouse roof, an existing grant of $185,370.00
►Oversaw the completion of the new wheelchair lift an existing grant of $39,078.00
►Accompanied the Fire Marshal in the first inspection in 29 years
►Created and updating a plan of action to correct fire marshal’s recommendations
►Oversaw the completion of the new fire alarm system – a $41,000 project
►Wrote, obtained and oversaw a grant for new electronic door locks for the offices - $14,659
►Wrote and recently obtained a grant for record preservation – new scanners and map cabinet - $17,359
►Conducted the emergency service levy election .